Walmart shelves cleared during EBT glitch in La.

4:48 PM,
Oct. 14, 2013

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The Clarion-Ledger

Shoppers at the Walmart stores in Springhill and Mansfield went on spending sprees when their EBT cards reportedly showed no dollar limits. Walmart employees honored the unlimited spending limits for the two hours the system was affected.

From 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. customers cleared aisles and piled their carts high with groceries.

KSLA reports that shoppers abandoned their carts in the aisles after the store announced that EBT cards were once again showing spending limits. ...